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Bringing visibility to rural users in Cote d'Ivoire

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Mariya Zheleva,

Elizabeth BeldingAuthors Info & Claims

ICTD '13: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2

Pages 179 - 182

https://doi.org/10.1145/2517899.2517913

Published: 07 December 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Cellular networks are often the first telecommunications infrastructure in developing regions. By studying cellular net- work traffic, researchers gain insight into how technologies can be used to access services critical to further development. In this work, we approach a cellular traffic dataset provided by Orange in Cote d'Ivoire with the goal of identifying distinctions between urban and rural use of cellular infrastructure. We report on a number of interesting differences between urban and rural usage of cellular infrastructure. For instance, 70% of calls that originate in rural areas occur within the vicinity of the same antenna, whereas the same is true for only 23% of calls with urban origin. We are compelled to conclude that development efforts for rural areas might be implemented differently from development efforts in urban areas based on divergent use of current cellular infrastructure.

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ICTD '13: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Notes - Volume 2

December 2013

214 pages

ISBN:9781450319072

DOI:10.1145/2517899

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Julian May,
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IDRC: International Development Research Centre
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Schmitt PIland DZheleva MBelding E(2019)Third-Party Cellular Congestion Detection and AugmentationIEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing10.1109/TMC.2018.282703118:1(221-234)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2018.2827031
Schmitt PBelding ENardi BRaghavan BPargman D(2016)Navigating connectivity in reduced infrastructure environmentsProceedings of the Second Workshop on Computing within Limits10.1145/2926676.2926691(1-7)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2926676.2926691
Schmitt PIland DZheleva MBelding E(2016)HybridCell: Cellular connectivity on the fringes with demand-driven local cellsIEEE INFOCOM 2016 - The 35th Annual IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications10.1109/INFOCOM.2016.7524591(1-9)Online publication date: Apr-2016
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